Sachems

Sachems (Atolopedes campestris)

Sachems are sexually dimorphous, which means that the male and female look obviously different.

Courting Sachems

Durham, 9/4/05

Males


Sachem, Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Orange County, NC, 4/29/06	Sachem, Durham, 6/28/04. Here are unobscured dorsal views of the left hind wing and the right forewing.	Sachem, Durham, 8/22/04. You can see the dorsal view of the right forewing (note the big black "stigma") as well as the partially obscured dorsal view of the left hind wing.	Sachem, Durham, 9/1/04. Here you can see the ventral side of the left forewing.	Sachem, Durham, 9/02/05. Dorsal view.	Sachem, Durham, 10/13/05

Most of these male Sachems are faded:


Sachem, Ventral view of skipper on left.	Sachem, Duke Gardens, 7/24/05. A rare mint-condition individual.


Durham, 7/2/04. Ventral view.	9/20/04, ventral view, on thistle.	NC Botanical Garden, 7/2/05	Durham, 8/15/05	Durham, 8/20/05.	Durham, 7/15/05. An unusually weather-beaten individual.

Duke Gardens, Orange County, NC, 7/24/05. Two's a couple, three's a crowd...

Females


Female Sachem, Durham, NC, 10/14/08	Durham, 9/26/05	Penny's Bend, Durham County, NC, 10/15/05	Durham, 11/4/05


Durham, 8/19/03. Note how the green surroundings turn this skipper's greenish-gray.	Durham, 7/2/04, on butterfly bush. This female appears brown in open surrounding with little or no reflected light.	Durham, 8/19/05


Durham, 6/28/04, on white clover blossom. Here you have a ventral view of the left wing and a dorsal view of the right one.	Raulston Arboretum, Wake County, NC, 9/23/05.	9/20/04, Durham. A ventral forewing view. This Sachem is very faded, with the orange coloring worn off.	Durham, 9/4/05


Raulston Arboretum, 9/23/05.	Penny's Bend, Durham County, NC, 10/15/05	Female Sachem, Boone, 8/7/06